OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars
Within moments of opening OpenAI's new AI slop app Sora, I am watching Pikachu steal Poké Balls from a CVS.
Sources: Apple paused development of a lighter, cheaper Vision Pro to focus on smart glasses, including a no-display model for 2027 and one with a display later
Apple Inc. has hit pause on a planned overhaul to its Vision Pro headset to redirect resources toward a more urgent effort …
Asahi says most of its 30 factories in Japan have not operated since September 29 following a cyberattack, leaving Japan with just days of Asahi Super Dry stock
Vast majority of factories of nation's most popular beer have stopped work this week — Japan is just a few days away …
Extortion group Crimson Collective claims it breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB from 28K projects; Red Hat confirms a breach
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories …
Source: OpenAI completed a secondary share sale that let staff sell ~$6.6B at a $500B valuation, making it the world's most valuable startup, ahead of SpaceX
OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, propelling …
A Google executive and sources: a ransomware group that says it has Cl0p ties is sending extortion emails, claiming it stole data from Oracle's E-Business Suite
Executives and technology departments at large organizations are being extorted by a notorious ransomware group that claims …
Sora, which is fun and simple to use, shows that OpenAI remains good at creating viral products, unlike Meta, whose Vibes video feed feels half-baked and obtuse
Another viral product hit for OpenAI, this time in video... It's been a long time since I've been this sucked into an app.
Elon Musk became the first person to surpass a $500B net worth after Tesla's shares climbed on October 1; Musk is $150B ahead of runner-up Larry Ellison
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire. — Elon Musk achieved yet another major milestone Wednesday …
Disney says Hulu will replace the Star hub on Disney+ on October 8 in international markets as part of Disney's plan to expand Hulu globally
Starting on October 8th, Hulu will replace Star on Disney Plus in international markets. … Disney is expanding Hulu to worldwide streaming audiences …
Sources: Universal Music and Warner Music are nearing landmark AI licensing deals with companies including Google, ElevenLabs, Stability AI, Suno, and Udio
Universal and Warner seek payment structure similar to streaming as more disruption looms — Universal Music and Warner Music …
Salesforce launches Agentforce Vibes, an enterprise vibe-coding tool and IDE built on a fork of open-source AI coding agent Cline's Visual Studio Code extension
Enterprise giant Salesforce is looking to ride the vibe-coding wave — where developers describe what they want in natural language …
Perplexity is making its AI browser Comet, previously $200/month with Perplexity Max, free, with rate limits; Perplexity says Comet has millions on its waitlist
Follow Charles Rollet … Saved — Add us on — Perplexity is making its $200-a-month browser free for everyone.
Microsoft raises its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription price from $19.99/month to $29.99/month, rebrands Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard plans, and more
so GameStop claps back with this price-freezing deal Moz Farooque / TheStreet : Microsoft's harsh decision frustrates gamers Pure Xbox : ‘Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody’ Says Xbox Exec Defe...
A profile of Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who brokered EA's takeover with Jared Kushner, after the PE firm's high-stakes Endeavor, Altera, and TikTok deals
Dealmaker's $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts follows a spree of high-stakes transactions from TikTok to Endeavor
Brave says it has surpassed 100M MAUs across desktop and mobile worldwide, including 42M+ DAUs, and Brave Search handles 1.6B+ queries each month
Brave announced today that it now has over 100 million active users across desktop and mobile worldwide. — “100 million users represent …
Silver Lake, whose $24B deal to take Dell private in 2013 became its calling card, sees a similar setup in EA: a recognizable brand with predictable cash flows
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Sources: Germany-based AI language platform DeepL held talks about a US IPO, and may seek an up to $5B valuation; DeepL raised $300M at a $2B valuation in 2024
German artificial intelligence language platform DeepL is exploring a potential initial public offering in the US, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among users aged 25-54
- Bending Spoons in advanced talks to buy AOL from Yahoo, sources say — The Italian unicorn has been on an acquisition spree, may IPO
Google unveils Gemini for Home, replacing Google Assistant on smart speakers, with new voices and improved conversational skills, and a redesigned Home app
and the new Google Home Speaker ✨ Gemini for Home, so you can talk and collaborate more naturally with your [image] @madebygoogle : Gemini magic ✨ is coming to your #NestMini, #NestAudio & #NestHub. W...
A book excerpt details Tonga's 2022 internet outage after a colossal underwater volcanic eruption ripped apart the cables connecting the country to the world
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ se... Sarah Pinsker / @sarahpinsker : This is a fascinating article about our connected world and what happens when the connections stop. — www.theguardian.com/news/20...
Sources: Intel is in early-stage talks to add AMD as a foundry customer, but it lacks the technology to produce AMD's most advanced chips; INTC closed up 7.12%
Rohan Goswami / Semafor :
Walmart plans to attach sensors to the 90M grocery pallets it ships each year to its 4,600-store US chain by the end of 2026; tracked items include perishables
Retailer expands use of devices to monitor 90mn pallet deliveries a year from warehouses to its 4,600 US outlets
A look at China's push to integrate AI tools into children's lives, even as educators and researchers are skeptical and warn that AI's benefits are overstated
Government support and tech companies' drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking. Bluesky: @restofworld.org . Mastodon: @remixtures...
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab launches its first product, Tinker, an API for fine-tuning language models, in private beta, with support for Qwen and Llama
Today, we are launching Tinker, a flexible API for fine-tuning language models. Moneycontrol : Ex-OpenAI CEO Mira Murati stealth AI lab launches its first ever product Matthias Bastian / The Decoder :...
Data center real estate investment trust Fermi, co-founded by former US Energy Secretary Rick Perry, closed up 55% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing Fermi at ~$19.3B
A look at Allen Control Systems, the maker of AI-powered gun turrets for shooting down drones, co-founded by Steven Simoni, who sold Bbot to DoorDash for $125M
- Restaurant app founder pivots to AI-powered machine guns — Simoni builds hype with bravado, parties and podcasts X: @reuters X: @reuters : Steven Simoni is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs...
Amazon revamps Luna “from the ground up” with a new UI and AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy and new GameNight original party games, available to Prime subscribers
https://lnkd.in/... Roisin Doyle : Exciting news today as we announce that later this year we're launching a redesigned and reimagined Amazon Luna cloud gaming service. … Bluesky: Brian Crecente / @cr...
Sources: China curbs the use of European suppliers Nokia and Ericsson in its telecoms networks, requiring lengthy national security reviews for their contracts
All the while, Huawei & ZTE have retained 30 to 35 per cent of the European mobile infrastructure market. Huawei 50%+ of German 5G access network. — Absolute economic security folly. — www.ft.com...
China's recently launched K visa program hopes to attract foreign STEM graduates, but faces online backlash over fears of companies favoring overseas applicants
This story would have sounded like an AI hallucinations a year ago. Forums: r/worldnews : China's K-Visa Plans Spark Worries Of A Talent Flood Msmash / Slashdot : China's K-visa Plans Spark Worries of...
Oneleet, an integrated compliance service combining penetration testing, code scanning, and more, raised a $33M Series A led by Dawn Capital and hits $3M ARR
Bryan Onel's father was a locksmith. As for Onel, he described himself as the digital equivalent. — Ethical hacking was Onel's hobby growing up.
Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021
Last month, Gusto, a payroll and HR software company, announced that it agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup offering retirement plans to small and medium businesses.
T-Mobile expands its Starlink satellite service to support WhatsApp, Google Maps, X, and other apps, after launching it in July with basic features like SMS
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters :
VW revives its struggling software unit Cariad after a “complete reset” of its strategy, including partnerships with Xpeng in China and Rivian in the US
Carmaker hails ‘massive transformation’ in software unit as it seeks to take on Tesla and Chinese EV rivals
Stockholm-based driverless truck startup Einride raised ~$100M, a source says at a $1B+ valuation, up from a ~$469M valuation in a 2021 funding round
Rafaela Lindeberg / Bloomberg :
US public records: AWS is aggressively promoting AI surveillance tech to law enforcement agencies, partnering with companies such as Flock Safety and ZeroEyes
It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls. … @skynetandchill.com : Public records show Amazon Web Services has b...
London-based neocloud startup Nscale closed a $433M pre-Series C SAFE round from Nvidia, Nokia, Dell, and others, after raising a $1.1B Series B on September 25
John Reynolds / Tech.eu :
A look at a growing number of medical startups that are using robots and AI to fertilize embryos through IVF, helping bring at least 20 babies to term
@lizzalichka.bsky.social went to Mexico to see “the Aura system, which automates 205 manual steps in IVF from egg freezing to creating an embryo”
Simple, an AI-powered health coaching app to help users lose weight, raised a $35M Series B led by Kevin Hart's HartBeat Ventures
and have fun doing it
Seattle-based Phaidra, which is developing AI agents to help make AI data centers more resource-efficient, raised a $50M+ Series B led by Collaborative Fund
Alan Neuhauser / Axios :
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.